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(More customer reviews)For anyone familiar with the education scene in the UK, or anyone interest in the vagaries of policy development, this book provides an insightful but cautionary tale. As one who has spent a considerable amount of time observing the effects of British policy development at the school level, I often wondered how so many good ideas could go so wrong. Clearly educational policy has less to do with enhancing the learning of all students and more to do with ensuring the political success of certain individuals and their political parties. This well researched, clearly written narrative of the policy scene in the UK should be compulsory reading for policy developers at all levels in all countries (even Mr. Arne Duncan might learn a thing or two but I doubt it). It reaffirms once again what Michael Fullan wrote some years ago - what is clarity at the top is often clutter down below. The clear message for policy developers is let the teachers in on the game. Unless the people who deliver education buy in, your policy will either be stillborn or experience a slow lingering death.
Dean Fink, Ancaster Ontario, Canada
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